The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type

Variable Name

Attribute Name

Data Type

Value

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

cdm_data_type

String

Grid

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

cmor_version

float

0.96

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

comment

String

GFDL experiment name = CM2.1U-H2_SresB1_Y1. PCMDI experiment name = SRESB1 (run1). Initial conditions for this experiment were taken from 1 January 2001 of the climate of the 20th century experiment named CM2.1U-D4_1860-2000-AllForc_H2. Several time varying forcing agents used during the first 100 years of this CM2.1U-H2_SresB1_Y1 experiment were based on output of the MOZART global atmospheric chemistry climate model when driven with the SRES B1 emission scenarios. For the CM2.1U-H2_SresB1_Y1 experiment volcanic aerosols were zero, land surface cover types were time invariant, and solar irradiance varied seasonally based upon late 20th century averages but with no interannual variation. All forcing agents were held constant after year 2100.

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attribute

NC_GLOBAL

Northernmost_Northing

double

89.494384765625

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

project_id

String

IPCC Fourth Assessment and US CCSP Projects

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

realization

int

1

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

references

String

The GFDL Data Portal (http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov/) provides access to NOAA/GFDL's publicly available model input and output data sets. From this web site one can view and download data sets and documentation, including those related to the GFDL CM2.1 model experiments run for the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report and the US CCSP.

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) CM2.1, SRESB1 (run1) 550 ppm stabilization experiment (SRES B1) output for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). GFDL experiment name = CM2.1U-H2_SresB1_Y1. Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) experiment name = SRESB1 (run1). Initial conditions for this experiment were taken from 1 January 2001 of the climate of the 20th century experiment named CM2.1U-D4_1860-2000-AllForc_H2. Several time varying forcing agents used during the first 100 years of this CM2.1U-H2_SresB1_Y1 experiment were based on output of the MOZART global atmospheric chemistry climate model when driven with the SRES B1 emission scenarios. For the CM2.1U-H2_SresB1_Y1 experiment volcanic aerosols were zero, land surface cover types were time invariant, and solar irradiance varied seasonally based upon late 20th century averages but with no interannual variation. All forcing agents were held constant after year 2100.